Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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Correspondent

n. 1. The writer of a letter or letters. 2. A person employed by the media to report on events. 3. A securities firm or financial institution that performs services for another in a place or market that the other does not have direct access to. - correspond, vb. correspondent bank See BANK.

Correspondent bank

A bank that acts as an agent for another bank, or engages in an exchange of services with that bank, in a geographical area to which the other bank does not have direct access.